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erode

verb
/ɪˈɹəʊd/UK/ɪˈɹoʊd/US

Etymology

From French éroder, from Latin ērōdō.

  1. derived from ērōdō
  2. borrowed from éroder

Definitions

  1. To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.

    • The cliff is gradually being eroded by the waves.

  2. To destroy gradually by an ongoing process.

    • to erode a person’s trust
    • to erode society’s morals
    • We've been worried about adolescents' diminishing writing and speaking skills for years. Lately, we have noticed that these skills are eroding at an accelerating rate, month-over-month.

  3. A district of Tamil Nadu, India.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The capital city of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India.

The neighborhood

Derived

bioerode, erodable, eroder, erodible, noneroding, reerode

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at erode. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at erode. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at erode

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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